Next week, I will be in Washington DC for the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, with more than 12,000 of my closest transportation friends. I have attended since 1997.
This year I am involved with the presentation of 7 research projects and 5 papers, including two workshops.
On Sunday, I will be presenting our Handbook for Building Livable Transit Corridors and Smart Growth Livability Calculator at the “Building Livability and Measuring What Matters Most” Workshop #166, building.
Here are some of the details, and great speakers I will be working with:
Sunday, January 08, 2017, 1:30 PM-4:30 PM, Convention Center
Speakers:
Todd Litman, Victoria Transport Policy Institute
Bruce Appleyard, San Diego State University
Matthew Taecker, Taecker Planning & Design
Carrie Modi, Fehr & Peers
I will also be attending Transportation Camp on Saturday. I hope to see some of my Facebook Friends there!
Here is my detailed schedule, in case you are interested. I hope to see you in DC!
Saturday 1/7
“Street Livability and Humanity in the Age of Driverless Cars”
Transportation Camp: http://transportationcamp.org/events/dc-2017
Sun 1/8 1:30 PM- 4:30 PM
Workshop on Building Livability and Measuring What Matters Most
209C, Convention Center
Mon 1/9 8:00 AM- 9:45 AM
Transit-Oriented Development: Making It Work
140B, Convention Center
Mon 1/9 1:30 PM- 3:15 PM
Measuring Walkability (Larry Frank: lead presenter)
103A, Convention Center
Mon 1/9 3:45 PM- 5:30 PM
Light Rail and Streetcar Impacts and Lessons Learned Hall E, Convention Center
Tue 1/10 10:15 AM- 12:00 PM
“Calculating Campus Carbon Footprints with Innovative GIS Applications” Hall E, Convention Center
Wed 1/11 10:15 AM- 12:00 PM
“A National Research Agenda for Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety”
Pedestrian Research Subcommittee,
Marquis Ballroom Salon 8 (M2), Marriott Marquis
I am particularly looking forward to hearing what my colleagues think about driverless cars. It seems self-driving cars are going to be a part of our future.
I hope to see you in DC!